ATD 1063-1085

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Rue du Départ
Street in Montparnasse, Paris. The name means "street of departing or setting out." Piet Mondrian had a studio at No. 26. A film titled Rue du Départ starring Gérard Depardieu was released in 1986.

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Reynaldo Hahn
1875-1947, French composer chiefly known for art songs.

Ciboulette
???

C'est pas Paris, c'est sa banlieue
French: It isn't Paris, it's a suburb of Paris.

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"J'ai Deux Amants"
French: I have two lovers.

Sacha Guitry
1885-1957, French film actor and director.

ain't you that La Jarretière?
In V. she died graphically around the time of the World War. Her stage name is French: The Garter.

succès de scandale
French, literally: success of scandal. In this case, the hype that the show needed to put customers in the seats.

Mon Dieu! . . . que les hommes sont bêtes
French: God, how stupid men are.

Fossettes l'Enflammeuse
French: Dimples, the Inflamer.

Jean-Raoul Oeuillade
The surname is the name of a restaurant and a wine grape. It also appears to be a French misspelling of œillade = wink, leer.

Dimples
R. Wilshire knows you can print a one-word title in bigger letters than a whole phrase.

Solange St.-Emilion
Her surname is the name of a popular French cheese.

Casse-cou . . . n'importe quoi!
Daredevil, that's me. / This little don't-give-a-damn. / Daredevil, husband, your women, / All the other men, no matter who!

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It was Policarpe, an old acquaintance of Kit...Saint Polycarp of Smyrna[1]
was a Christian bishop of Smyrna (now İzmir in Turkey) in the second century.
He was stabbed and died a martyr after an attempt to burn him at the stake failed.


Lwow: A city in western Ukraine [2]
The city's emblem shows a lion in front of a castle wall with 3 towers.
It is strikingly reminiscent of the Tibetan seal on the cover of ATD.
Recall that Venetia also claims the Lion (the winged Lion of St. Mark)
as its emblem.

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Zermelo's Axiom Of Choice
[3]

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Annotation Index

Part One:
The Light Over the Ranges

1-25, 26-56, 57-80, 81-96, 97-118

Part Two:
Iceland Spar

119-148, 149-170, 171-198, 199-218, 219-242, 243-272, 273-295, 296-317, 318-335, 336-357, 358-373, 374-396, 397-428

Part Three:
Bilocations

429-459, 460-488, 489-524, 525-556, 557-587, 588-614, 615-643, 644-677, 678-694

Part Four:
Against the Day

695-723, 724-747, 748-767, 768-791, 792-820, 821-848, 849-863, 864-891, 892-918, 919-945, 946-975, 976-999, 1000-1017, 1018-1039, 1040-1062

Part Five:
Rue du Départ

1063-1085

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